6 June 2020

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Saturday 9: When Love Goes Wrong (Nothing Goes Right) 1953

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This is from the movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Have you seen it?

Yes.  A few times.  This might have been the first movie I saw Marilyn Monroe in.

2) The lyrics tell us that, when love goes wrong, "a match won't light." When did you most recently light a match?

I can't remember.  I use a flint to light the stove, so I don't need a match.

3) The duet is performed at a French sidewalk cafe, where Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe are (literally) sharing a cup of coffee. With whom did you most recently have coffee?

I have coffee with Walt and Ned every morning.  As for "going OUT for coffee," probably a year or more.

4) The tune was written by prolific composer Hoagy Carmichael. He was influenced by his mother, who earned extra money for the family playing piano during silent movies. Who in your life influenced your career choices?

I was a typist, a medical transcriptionist, and a medical office manager and then theater critic.  NOBODY in my life influenced my career choices.  I just kind of fell into the jobs as they became available.

5) Jane and Marilyn shared something beyond movie stardom. They were both married to Hall of Famers. Marilyn Monroe was married to Joe DiMaggio, who was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. Jane was married to quarterback Bob Waterfield, inducted into the football Hall of Fame in 1965. Which sport would you rather watch: baseball or football?

It's a toss up.  It depends on (a) where I am and (b) who I'm with.  I enjoy watching baseball at the stadium, I love watching football with Tom

6) Jane and Bob Waterfield were high school sweethearts at Van Nuys High. The Southern California school was used as a set for the 1982 movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Tell us something about your high school.

St. Vincent High School in San Francisco.  It was an all-girls catholic school with 200 students.  It was a beautiful building inside.  When you went through the front doors you were met with this gorgeous wooden staircase (which the students didn't use).  It had been the best clerical school in the city and a few years before I entered it became college-prep.  There were 60 in my graduating class.  Teachers were Daughters of Charity and I didn't have my first non-nun teacher until my sophomore year (only nuns all through grammar school).  I recently asked one of my high school friends if we had showers, because I didn't remember taking showers after gym class.  She can't remember showers either.


7) Marilyn and Joe DiMaggio met on a blind date at a Hollywood restaurant called Villa Nova. Have you ever arranged a blind date? If so, did the couple hit it off and end up dating?

I don't think I ever arranged a blind date, but my first date was a blind date.  it worked out so well we dated for 3 years until he went into the seminary.

8) In 1953, when Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was released, a tornado did severe damage to Waco, TX. Tell us about a major weather event that you endured (tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, etc.).

In California you don't get "major weather events."  You get earthquakes.

9) Random question: You see a filthy puddle. Floating on top are cigarette butts, a leaf, and a $1 bill. Would you bend over and rescue the dollar?

If I have something to put it in when I pick it up, yes.